Hi cousins. Wonder if the Burr Harrison mentioned here is one of our Calvert's with the name change? Vicki K ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandi Gorin <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 5:18 AM Subject: TIP#270 - LOGAN'S STATION, BOWMAN'S STATION & ROGERS FORT > TIP #270 - LOGAN'S (ST. ASAPH'S) STATION, BOWMAN'S STATION AND ROGER'S FORT > > LOGAN'S Station: This fort was settled by Colonal Benjamin LOGAN in 1775 > and was situated one mile west of Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky. > William HUDSON was killed by the Indians here; John KENNEDY was wounded; > Burr HARRISON,killed; David LOGAN thought killed on his way to the station; > Ambrose GRISSOM, killed; Jonas MENEFEE and Samuel INGRAM, wounded. In 1778, > John LOGAN set out from the station in company with John KENNEDY, Alexander > BARNET, Alexander MONTGOMERY and Jared MENEFEE to explored the Indian > country. They joined BOONE's party at Blue Licks, total number of men was > 18. Simon KENTON was their guide. Wm. RYBURN, Hugh ROSS, Benj. PETTIT, > Joseph KENNEDY, George CLARKE, Wm. MILLER, Samuel HITE and Wm. PATON were > in the latter party. This information taken from the Fayette Co. Circuit > Court records by STAPLES, and the KY Historical Register and Draper mss. > > The following names appeared in Captain Benjamin LOGAN's Company, thought > to be 1779. Capt Benj. LOGAN, Lt. John LOGAN, Ensign Alex MONTGOMERY, > Ensign Azariah DAVIS, Sgt. Benj. PELTON, Sgt. Wm MENIFEE, Sgt. Roswell > STEVENS, Sgt. George CLARK, Rob. BARNET, Ogden DEVERS, Benj. DRAKE, Isaac > DRAKE, John DRAKE, Jonathan DRAKE, John EALOR, Chas. ENGLISH, Stevens > ENGLISH, John FAIN, John JONES, John KENNEDY, James KNOX, Hugh LEEPER, > James LEEPER, Wm. LOGAN, Thos. LOVELEDD, Joseph LUSK, John McCORMICK, David > MITCHELL, Wm. MITCHELL, Alex. MONTGOMERY, John MONTGOMERY, Wm. MONTGOMERY, > Wm. NEAL, Wm PATTON, Samuel PHELPS, Wm. PHELPS, Wm. BARTON, Samuel BELL, > Arthur BLACKBURN, Alex. BOHANNON, John BOHANNON, Benj. BRIGGS, Samuel > BRIGGS, James BROWN, John CANTERBURY, Caspar CASENER, Wm. CASEY, John > CASTILIO, Pierce CASTILIO, Philip CONRAD, Azariah DAVIS, Samuel DEASON, > Bartholomew FENTON, George FLINN, Lee GARRETT, John GIBSON, Richard GLOVER, > John GLOVER, John GRIMES, Wm. GRIMES, Jacob GUNN, David HAWKINS, Jacob > HERMAN, Roger HINES, Stephen HUSTON, John JOHNS, James JOHNSON, John > McELHON, James McELWAIN, John McKAINE, Archibald MAHONE, James MENIFEE, > Jarrett MENIFEE, Joseph MENIFEE, John MARTIN, Joseph MARTIN, Samuel MARTIN, > James MASON, Samuel MAYES, Andrew MILLER, Henry MILLER, Wm. MILLER, Chas. > PHILIPS, John PHILIPS, Nich. PROCTOR, Sr., Nich. PROCTOR, Jr., Chas. > RUNSLE, James RUSSELL, Julius SANDERS, Alex. SINCLAIR, George SCOTT, John > STORY, John SUMMERS, Arch. THOMASON, Nicholas TRAMMEL, Philip TRAMEL, > George WHITE, Wm. WHITLEY. (See also Collins History, Vol 1) > > The Lincoln Militia Roll - under Capt. Saml. KIRKHAM on an expedition > against the enemy Indians under Gen'l. CLARK. (These men enlisted Oct 22, > 1782 and were discharged Nov. 23, 1782): Capt. Samuel KIRKHAM, Lt. Henry > GRIDER, Ensign William CROW, Sgt. George CAMPBELL, Sgt. Dan'l. BROWN, Sgt. > James FISHER, Adjutant John CROW, P. H. Master Jas. THOMPSON, Joseph > WILSON, John SELLERS, Josiah BOON, Jeremiah BOON, James STEPHENSON, Sam'l > LAURENCE, Isaac LAURENCE, Solomon LAURENCE, Joseph LAURENCE, William > GRASEY, Benjamin WHITE, George WILSON, George READING, Edward DOUGHERTY, > Sam'l BRINTON/BRENTON?, William BRINTON/BRENTON?, Robt. BRITNON/BRENTON?, > James BRINTON/BRENTON?, John BRINTON/BRENTON?, Edwd.TAYLOR, William STONE, > Nicholas PIX?, Jesse THOMAS, Abraham THOMAS, Jacob HOLSCLAW, William BARBA, > Joshua BARBA, William KERN, William FIELDS, George YUNT, John HARRIS, Peter > watts, Robt. FOREMAN, Moses CHERRY, Ash EMMISON, Absalom YAGER, Cornelius > YAGER, Stephen ARCHER, Jacob CROW, Levi SCOTT, Isaac ROMINE, Elisha SCOTT. > (See also Ky State Historical Society Reg. Vol. 29 (1931), p. 221; Vol II, > Kentucky Court and other Records, Ms. W. B. ARDERY for Lincoln Co Militia > officers). > > BOWMAN'S STATION: This station was settled in 1779 by thirty families > under Col. Abraham BOWMAN and was located 6 miles east of Harrodsburg. > Among the residents there were: Robert BOWMER, his son Herman BOWMER (also > shown in some records as BOWMAN), Stephen and Joseph COLLINS, Elisha, > Robert and Joshua PRUETT, Wm. HALL, James COX, Thomas GLASS. Not the > variance in spelling of BOWMER/BOWMAN). > > Captain John BOYLE'S Company, 1 Apr 1780 were at stations on or near Dick's > Rivr, now in Garrard, Lincoln and Boyle County and included: Capt. John > BOYLE, Lt. Samuel DAVIS, Ensign Elisha CLARY, Sgt. Barney BOYLE, Sgt. > Jonathan MARSHALL, Jacob ANDERSON, James ANDERSON, Thomas ARBUCKLE, James > COYLE, Wm. CRAWFORD, James DAVIS, Robert DESHA, Dennis DIVEN, Owen DIVEN, > Hugh GALBREATH, Evandon GORDON, Peter HIGGINS, John HICKS, Wm. HICKS, Sr., > Wm. HICKS, Nathan McCLURE, Wm. MARSHALL, Basil MAXWELL, Wm. MENIFEE, Wm. > MITCHELL, Robert MOORE, Samuel MOORE, Nehemiah POORE, John POYNTER, James > REEVES, Wm. ROWAN, John VARDEMAN, Alex WALKER, Wm. WHITLEY, John WILKINSON, > Wm. YOUNG. (See Collins History, Vol 1). > > ROGERS'S FORT. This lay on a tract of land between Buffalo Creek, east, > Cedar Creek, west, Shephardsville Rd, north and Boston Highway 62 south. It > was founded by Col. James ROGERS who was born in VA 1742 and died in Ky in > 1828. KENTUCKY BAPTISTS, by J. H. Spencer, page 184, 185, 186 states > that James Rogers was an early preacher in Lick Creek Church. He was quite > a prominent Citizen of Nelson, and served in two of the Danville > Conventions." A history/genealogy column in THE KENTUCKY STANDARD, April > 17, 1985, by David Hall, (Bardstown, KY) has the following on Rogers > Station. " Rogers Station grew from early land deal. William Bard put > together one of the earliest real estate deals in what is now Nelson Co. In > 1779, probably the summer months, Bard led a party out from the Falls of > Ohio to view some "Improvements" grouped around the Buffalo Creek area. He > was offering these > "land claims" for sale. among the group was Co. James Rogers who later > recalled some details of that trip. > In the spring of 1780 Col. James Rogers took permanent possession of the > preemption west of Buffalo Creek, a part of that area then called :"Bard's > Flat" Rogers Station rose in the wilderness and quickly provided temporary > shelter for many settlers pouring into Nelson. > > Not many of the names are known of those who lived here, but those found > included: James ROGERS and his family; his brothers Matthew, and Jonathan, > were there. Evan WILLIAMS and Wm KEITH were likely residents. Atkinson HILL > was there before relocating to GOODIN's Station. Mesheck CARTER and his > family and likely John RAY and and Joseph BARNETT. William BARD was here in > 1780. > > This concludes this series. > > (c) Copyright 2 Dec 1999, Sandra K. 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